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POLITICS-U.S.: Ease Cuban Embargo say Ex-Lawmakers
A bipartisan group of former U.S. lawmakers wants President Bill Clinton to lift all restrictions on the sale of food and medicines to Cuba and encourage more people- to-people exchanges with the Caribbean island.RIGHTS-FINANCE: Cambodian Aid May Be Tied to Rights
International donors of aid to Cambodia are being urged to tie their assistance to the Phnom Penh government's progress in its human rights performance and its cooperation in bringing alleged war criminals to justice.MEDIA-US: Scandal, Violence, Weather Top TV Attractions
Scandal, violence, and extreme weather conditions - mostly confined to the United States - dominated TV news broadcasts across America in 1998, according to a comprehensive new survey.WEEKLY SELECTION: US Denies Any Role in Ocalan’s Capture
The administration of US President Bill Clinton has been quick to insist it played no part in the capture and removal of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan from Kenya to Turkey.POLITICS: Sino-American Relations Run Into Choppy Waters
Seven months after U.S. President Bill Clinton completed a triumphant tour of China, relations between Washington and Beijing have headed into distinctly choppy waters.POLITICS-US: US Denies Any Role in Ocalan’s Capture
The administration of US President Bill Clinton has been quick to insist it played no part in the capture and removal of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan from Kenya to Turkey Monday.TRADE-US: Government Finds Steel Dumping by Brazil, Japan
The United States stepped up the tension over trade Friday by issuing a preliminary finding that Brazilian and Japanese companies were illegally dumping steel on the US market at up to 71 percent below normal prices.POLITICS-US: Clinton Acquitted in Impeachment Trial
The Senate Friday acquitted President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice and allowed the 42nd U.S. president to finish his term in office - a major defeat for right-wing Republicans who had sought his ouster.RIGHTS-US: Migrant Deaths Puts U.S. in Dock
The United States is deliberately channelling illegal immigrants into areas where their lives are at risk, according to two U.S. human rights organisations.TRADE-US: New Fight Looms on Caribbean Basin-NAFTA Parity
A trade battle is brewing in Congress over whether to offer new benefits to the 24 nations of the Caribbean Basin, even as President Bill Clinton scheduled a visit to hurricane-ravaged Central America.RIGHTS-COLOMBIA: US Groups Demand Crackdown on Paramilitaries
Major U.S. human rights groups and influential members of Congress are demanding that Colombia cracks down on the right-wing paramilitary groups responsible for the killing and abduction last week of human rights monitors.TRADE-US: Africa Trade Bill Off to Fast Start
A bill to promote US trade and investment in Africa, which last year fell victim to powerful textile and labour interests, has exploded to a fast new start through Congress.POLITICS-US: Spy Chiefs See More Strife in World Hotspots
Political and social unrest in countries with sophisticated arms programmes is likely to grow in 1999 and the United States faces "quite unprecedented threats" according to the chiefs of US spy agencies.Weekly Selection/ETHIOPIA: Amnesty Denounces Mass Deportations
Ethiopia has deported some 52,000 people of Eritrean descent since war broke out between the two countries last May, causing "untold suffering to thousands of families every week," Amnesty International charged.MIDEAST: Jordan’s Succession Surprise Underlines Uncertainty
This month's sudden and unexpected change in the succession plans of Jordan's King Hussein is underlining concern here over potential instability in a region long deemed vital to U.S. national interests.RIGHTS-ETHIOPIA: Amnesty Denounces Mass Deportations
Ethiopia has deported some 52,000 people of Eritrean descent since war broke out between the two countries last May, causing "untold suffering to thousands of families every week," Amnesty International charged Friday.POLITICS-U.S: Top General Pooh-Poohs Iraqi Opposition
Two weeks after the U.S. State Department named nine Iraqi exile groups it intends to work with to overthrow Iraq's President Saddam Hussein, the general in charge of U.S. military forces in the Gulf denounced that country's opposition as ineffective and even dangerous.TRADE-US: Clinton Faces Tough Fight for Trade Agenda
Top officials of U.S. President Bill Clinton's administration have laid out an ambitious trade agenda for 1999, but key parts of it will depend on an increasingly partisan Congress.POLITICS-U.S.: Clinton Extends Hand to Republicans
US President Bill Clinton, brushing aside his ongoing impeachment trial in the Senate, used his annual State of the Union address to Congress here Tuesday night to extend his hand to Republicans on a range of policy issues.POLITICS-U.S: Clinton ‘Crumbs’ for Cuba Offer Not a Few Lessons
Last week's decision by President Bill Clinton to reject calls by top Republican, business and other establishment figures in the United States to undertake a review of Washington's nearly 40-year hostility toward Cuba underscores a number of realities about U.S. politics today.POLITICS-IRAQ: US, UN Deny Arms Inspectors Worked as Spies
Senior UN and U.S. officials Wednesday strongly denied media reports that U.S intelligence agencies used UN weapons inspectors in Iraq to gain information that could help destabilise the regime of President Saddam Hussein.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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